The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE)
- S. Majewski, R. Schiavon, O. Zamora
- PhysicsAstronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation
- 1 December 2007
The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE), one of the programs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III), has now completed its systematic, homogeneous spectroscopic…
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
- G. Ricker, J. Winn, J. Villasenor
- Physics, GeologyAstronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation
- 1 May 2009
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS ) will search for planets transiting bright and nearby stars. TESS has been selected by NASA for launch in 2017 as an Astrophysics Explorer mission.…
The K2 Mission: Characterization and Early Results
- S. Howell, C. Sobeck, J. Fortney
- Physics, Geology
- 20 February 2014
The K2 mission will make use of the Kepler spacecraft and its assets to expand upon Kepler’s groundbreaking discoveries in the fields of exoplanets and astrophysics through new and exciting…
REVISED STELLAR PROPERTIES OF KEPLER TARGETS FOR THE QUARTER 1–16 TRANSIT DETECTION RUN
- D. Huber, V. S. Aguirre, D. Stello
- Physics, Geology
- 2 December 2013
We present revised properties for 196,468 stars observed by the NASA Kepler mission and used in the analysis of Quarter 1–16 (Q1–Q16) data to detect and characterize transiting planets. The catalog…
MASSES, RADII, AND ORBITS OF SMALL KEPLER PLANETS: THE TRANSITION FROM GASEOUS TO ROCKY PLANETS
- G. Marcy, H. Isaacson, D. Barrado
- Physics, Geology
- 16 January 2014
We report on the masses, sizes, and orbits of the planets orbiting 22 Kepler stars. There are 49 planet candidates around these stars, including 42 detected through transits and 7 revealed by precise…
A REVISED EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE SCALE FOR THE KEPLER INPUT CATALOG
- M. Pinsonneault, D. An, J. Molenda–Żakowicz, W. Chaplin, T. Metcalfe, H. Bruntt
- Physics
- 20 October 2011
We present a catalog of revised effective temperatures for stars observed in long-cadence mode in the Kepler Input Catalog (KIC). We use Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) griz filters tied to the…
Kepler-36: A Pair of Planets with Neighboring Orbits and Dissimilar Densities
Another violation of the orbit-composition pattern is reported: two planets orbiting the same star with orbital distances differing by only 10% and densities differing by a factor of 8, likely a rocky “super-Earth,” whereas the other is more akin to Neptune.
The PLATO 2.0 mission
PLATO 2.0 has recently been selected for ESA’s M3 launch opportunity (2022/24). Providing accurate key planet parameters (radius, mass, density and age) in statistical numbers, it addresses…
The 16th Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release from the APOGEE-2 Southern Survey and Full Release of eBOSS Spectra
- Romina Ahumada, C. Prieto, H. Zou
- PhysicsAstrophysical Journal Supplement Series
- 5 December 2019
This paper documents the 16th data release (DR16) from the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys (SDSS), the fourth and penultimate from the fourth phase (SDSS-IV). This is the first release of data from the…
Determining stellar macroturbulence using asteroseismic rotational velocities from Kepler
- A. Doyle, G. Davies, B. Smalley, W. Chaplin, Y. Elsworth
- Physics, Geology
- 18 August 2014
The Rossiter-McLaughlin effect observed for transiting exoplanets often requires prior knowledge of the stellar projected equatorial rotational velocity (v sini). This is usually provided by…
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